Taft blasts Eisenhower labor pick sparks GOP rift
Sen Taft condemned the Eisenhower labor secretary pick Martin Durkin calling the decision incredible and warning of a possible rift within the party. President-elect Eisenhower and aides avoided comment while George M. Humphrey urged good labor relations. Taft said the move could widen divides with Taft supporters and labor voters. Cincinnati reports Taft declined further comment.
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Taft
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
AFL
Cincinnati
Sen
Badman Billy to Die in San Quentin December 12
San Quentin California December 3 AP. Badman Billy Cook 23 years old killer of five members of an Atwood Illinois family in 1951 will be executed in San Quentin’s gas chamber December 12. He was sentenced to 300 years in Alcatraz for another murder. He admitted all six killings including a Seattle salesman and a family near Joplin Missouri.
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Calif
Billy” Cook
Atwood
Harley O. Teets
Robert H. Dewey
Seattle
el Centro
Cook
Carl Mosser
Illinois
Joplin
Alcatraz
Bequest Delivers 20000 Worth of Meat to Santa Cruz Hospital
Santa Cruz County Hospital received 20000 worth of meat after a raid seized 91 valuable fighting cocks on Sunday. The meat is not likely to be tender. The transfer occurred Tuesday as part of the investigation and property seizure.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Santa Cruz County
Weather Summary For Southern Illinois Tonight And Thursday
Cloudy with light rain or drizzle tonight and little temperature change. Low around 33 to 35, high near 35 to 38 on Thursday. Temperature readings include 29 at 7 am and 24 at noon, with yesterday’s high 34 and low 26. Crab Orchard Lake 21 inches below spillway. Little Grassy Lake 4 feet below spillway. Sunrise 7 02, sunset 4 37.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Daily Press edition header and imprint
Evening edition of the Daily Press published by South Sea Illinois Publications at 227 West Main Street Carbondale Illinois. It is entered as second class mail at the Carbondale post office under the act of March 3 1878.
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Ulinois
Inois
Pen escapes jail with pen in Laughton Jail break
Edinburgh December 3 AP an expert safecracker broke out of Laughton Jail by re writing bail papers and walking free. Hugh Mannion who three years earlier broke in to rescue a friend used a forged bail bond to claim his release, a theft case pending.
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Edinburgh
Laughton
Hugh Kelly Mannion
Mannion
Jury Assails Loyalty Check At United Nations
A federal grand jury and the State Department clashed over how far the department screens for disloyal Americans on U N staff. The jury accused the State Department of clearing disloyal officials and hindering the inquiry while the department said it cannot control United Nations appointments and cited confidentiality. The panel urged a new security review and a U S code of rules for U N employment. The Senate subcommittee added the report to its records.
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United Nations
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Federal
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U.N
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United States
Department of State
United Nations Secretariat
Executions Reported in Czech Purge Trial Sentences
Vienna dispatch states Rudolf Slansky and ten other Czechoslovak Communist leaders were executed at Pankrac Prison after a mass trial for treason and espionage. Eleven defendants received death sentences. three others, including Arthur London, received life terms amid charges framed as Zionist and Trotskyist plots.
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Thos
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Vlado Clementis
Bedrich Geminder
Communist Party
Prague
Otto Sling
Ludvik Frejka
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Bedrich Reicin
Otto Fisch
Rudolf Margolius
Andre Simone
Rude Pravo
Josef Frank
Karel Svab
Arthur London
Vavro Hajdu
Loeb
Loebs
Clementis
Frank
Swab
Radio Prague
Pankrac
Czech
Klement Gottwald
Moscow
Reuther Faces Floor Contest At CIO Convention
At Atlantic City on December 3, forces opposing Walter Reuther’s bid for CIO presidency prepared to push the fight to the convention floor. Reuther appears assured of enough votes to win any open showdown, while Allan Haywood backers persist. The convention opened with a memorial for the late Philip Murray as Gov. Adlai Stevenson scheduled to speak. Voting on new officers was set for Thursday.
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Walter P. Reuther
CIO
Reuther
Allan S. Haywood
Philip Murray
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Colder Than Normal December Expected Nationwide
The Weather Bureau forecast for December 30 days shows average temperatures across most regions with near normal readings in Florida and the northern tier from the Dakotas to New England. Rainfall is expected to be above normal in the southern half while northern areas should see normal precipitation.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Florida
Dakotas
New England
Route 14 wreck claims four teenagers lives injures two
Kiehn 16 of Du Quoin had a leg cast from a prior train car crash near Mulkertown about seven weeks earlier. A second photograph appears on page 33.
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Kiehn
du Quoin
Mulkertown
First televised birth captivates nation from Colorado hospital
Gordon Campbell Kerr born at Colorado General Hospital by cesarean to Lillian Kerr and Army sergeant John Kerr. The nationwide telecast showed the delivery room, medical teams and neonatal care, produced with the American Medical Association during its sixth annual clinical session.
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Gordon
Lillian Kerr
John R. Kerr
Kerrs
Colorado General Hospital
University of Colorado Medical School
American Medical Association
Jessup Quits U.S. Service
Dr. Philip C. Jessup, longtime State Department troubleshooter and McCarthy target, resigns as ambassador at large effective Jan. 19. The White House released his resignation letter dated Oct. 19 and Truman’s acceptance note praising his service. Jessup will return to Columbia University faculty after leaving government work.
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Philip C. Jessup
State Department
Joseph McCarthy
R Wis
White House
Jessup
Truman
McCarthy
Mearthy
Columbia University
United Nations
Unionist Acquitted in Infrared Murder Case
Harold Ward a 30 year old Negro union official and secret ary treasurer of local 108 was found not guilty of murdering William Foster a 52 year old Negro during the International Harvester Co walkout. The jury deliberated about two hours. Ward denied the beating and said he was home with five other defense witnesses backing him. One witness testified Ward struck Foster with an iron pipe.
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Harold Ward
International Harvester Co
Criminal Court
Wendell E. Green
Ward
Union
Chicago Police Department
Foster
Edward Warren
India Plan for Korea Peace Heads to U N Vote
India's plan for a four power commission and a fifth power umpire to repatriate prisoners of war receives broad Western support in the General Assembly. The resolution allows refugees not to return and calls the UN to assume responsibility for those unresolved after four months.
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India
Korea
U. N. General Assembly
No’s
U. N
200 Cars Lost In Ohio River
The Ohio River swallowed a barge loaded with about 200 new automobiles near Henderson Islands at the head of Henderson four miles downstream. The towboat and another barge escaped. Each car valued around 2000 dollars. second major loss for Commercial Barge Lines Inc within a year.
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Ohio River
Commercial Barge Lines, Inc
Evansville
Ind
Henderson Islands
Golcondaill
U S Indicts Chicago Newsman on Second Time
Ray Brennan a Chicago Sun Times reporter was indicted again for allegedly posing as a government official to obtain secret testimony for Senate crime investigators. The prior indictment was dismissed amid defense challenges claiming it was detective work.
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Washington
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun- Limes
Senate Crure
Atlanta shooting near Georgia Tech leaves officer dead
Police killout at a ramshackle house ends after Homer Marvin Spruill, 50, barricaded himself. Patrolman W. M. Richards dies from wounds. Spruill and his two sons James 19 and Allen 24 are arrested on suspicion of murder as students and pupils look on.
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O'Kkeete Bligh School
W. M. Pichards
Hlomer Marvin Spruill
Spruill
James
Allen
Four teens die in Old Du Quoin crash head on collision
Tuesday night in Old Du Quoin a car and a pickup collided on Route 14 near Shook's Store. Four teens in the car died instantly and two other youths were hurt, one critically. Names identified include Sally Kiehn and Dave Cutler, both 16 and 19, plus Elmer Mann 19 and Jimmy Montgomery 14. The injured were Leroy Montgomery 16 and William Howard Jones 17. Police described the crash as out of control before impact and noted severe vehicle deformation. The incident was reported to Marshall Browning Hospital with critical and fair conditions. The report notes the scene and ongoing investigation with details carried to page three.
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Sally Kiehn
William Howard Jones
Sesser
Shook
Mann
Montgomery
Rt. 14
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